Articles about Europe

Europe accuses Amazon of misusing third-party retail data, opens new ‘Buy Box’ investigation

Amazon’s antitrust problems just hopped the pond. European competition authorities, in preliminary findings issued Tuesday morning, accused the Seattle-based tech… Read More

Sales engagement startup Outreach opens London office, doubling down on Europe expansion

Outreach, the billion-dollar Seattle sales engagement startup, is making a big bet on Europe. The company opened an office in… Read More

Amazon passes French digital tax on to sellers as Trump admin investigates toll on tech industry

Amazon is raising the fees it charges third-party sellers in France by 3 percent in direct response to the country’s… Read More

It’s official: EU opens investigation into Amazon for ‘possible anti-competitive conduct’

The European Commission is launching a formal investigation into whether Amazon uses its position to hurt competition in its marketplace… Read More

EU reportedly investigating Amazon’s treatment of third-party sellers, formalizing antitrust probe

As Amazon preps for a big antitrust hearing in the U.S., reports are surfacing that the European Union is launching… Read More

Entrepreneurs from around the world pitch their startups in Seattle for the chance to present in D.C.

An international group of entrepreneurs gathered at Seattle City Hall Friday afternoon to pitch companies they’re building around the world… Read More

Remitly expands to 11 European countries, CEO compares company’s growth strategy to Amazon

Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance company, is coming to Europe. After debuting its service in the U.K. last year, Remitly… Read More

Microsoft predicts 2018 will usher in a new era for tech companies sitting on silos of consumer data

Microsoft believes we are on the cusp of a “sea change” that will set a new standard for big tech… Read More

Report: Retailers outside the U.S. need to assume ‘Amazon is coming for them’

In large neon letters a couple stories above street level in its Day 1 office tower in Seattle, Amazon’s message… Read More

Atlassian expands cloud infrastructure to Europe as it increases its reliance on AWS

European customers of Atlassian’s various cloud software products should see increases in performance with the introduction of European-based infrastructure running… Read More

Report: Microsoft offers EU concessions in bid to win LinkedIn deal approval

Microsoft is offering new concessions to European regulators in an effort to win approval of its proposed $26 billion acquisition of… Read More

Microsoft unveils 217-page book in bid to influence global cloud policy

Microsoft this morning unveiled a book titled “A Cloud for Global Good,” which CEO Satya Nadella called “a set of policy… Read More

Amazon opens second engineering center in Madrid, planning to hire 50 more engineers

Amazon’s managers like Spain’s engineers. Amazon on Monday announced the opening of a new software development center in downtown Madrid,… Read More

Amazon plans to take parcel lockers to Europe, report says

As Amazon expands its capabilities to deliver goods to customers, the retailer plans to bring parcel lockers to Europe, according… Read More

Amazon to continue European expansion, plans thousands of new hires

Amazon will continue its sweep into Europe, the online retailer announced Friday. Amazon will make thousands of new hires this year… Read More

Microsoft leading the charge for new international laws after U.S. spying derails longstanding trust

Microsoft outlined a detailed plan for new international laws governing the transfer of data between the U.S. and Europe on… Read More

Europe launches investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers, examining whether their terms give the… Read More

Amazon to start paying taxes in multiple European countries

Amazon will start paying taxes in a number of European countries instead of routing sales through Luxembourg, a well-known low-tax… Read More

Amazon’s e-book woes jump the pond, with European authors protesting its pricing tactics

Hundreds of writers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are protesting Amazon’s e-book pricing tactics in a fight that’s becoming reminiscent… Read More

More than 30K European taxi drivers stop offering service to protest Uber

Taxi drivers in Europe are refusing to pick up passengers and instead have parked their cars in the streets to protest… Read More

The price of Microsoft’s European browser screwup: $732M

The European Commission this morning fined Microsoft 561 million euros, approximately $732 million, for neglecting to include a required “browser ballot”… Read More

Across the pond: Microsoft may open stores in Europe

Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, and now, Microsoft Stores. Sources familiar with Microsoft told the Financial Times that the company… Read More

Google’s $12.5B Motorola deal gets European approval

Google’s proposed acquisition of mobile phone giant Motorola won approval from the European Commission today, leaving the U.S. Justice Department… Read More

European leaders aim to create ‘Digital Single Market’ as part of stimulus plan

Editor’s Note: Seattle-based writer and consultant Matt Fikse filed this dispatch from Europe, where he’s tracking the talks over the economic… Read More

Look out, Spotify? Rhapsody expands to Europe with Napster International deal

The expansion of European music service Spotify to the U.S. last year brought considerable hand-wringing over the potential impact on… Read More

Microsoft’s big Skype acquisition faces opposition in Europe

Skype competitor Messagenet is asking European regulators to prevent Microsoft from integrating Skype with Windows as a condition of approval… Read More

Traffic tech company Inrix bids $60M for European rival

That didn’t take long. A few days after landing $37 million in venture capital financing, saying it planned to use… Read More

Why Microsoft is still fighting a $1.3 billion European fine from last decade

It was like a blast from the past this morning to wake up to news that Microsoft was back in… Read More